have launched a 10 month-long photo competition for young Europeans on Instagram! They will announce a new monthly theme between January and November 2014 on their Facebook and Instagram profiles.

This month’s new theme: the future of the EU.

To enter the contest, post up to five original snapshots that illustrate hope and togetherness such as a child at play, happy friendship moments, funky marriage snapshots, etc.

Special hashtag: #eufuturegoesinsta.

All the monthly winners will be invited to Brussels in December to see their photos exhibited at the European Commission and for a free tour of the European institutions. The overall competition winner will also be invited to visit the production set of the ‘YOLO – Das große W’ show in one of the EU countries.

There will be a new topic every month, linked to various EU policy themes, for a ten-month period (15th January – 15th November 2014).

Diverse theme-specific hashtags (#) will be publicised by the TV Hosts of the German RTL programme ‘YOLO – Das große W‘ on a monthly basis on their Facebook and Instagram profiles. Participants must use these hashtags on Instagram to participate.

Each participant may send a maximum of five entries on Instagram per monthly competition.

Each month and per theme, the TV Hosts will publish on their Facebook pages the five images with the most “likes”, along with their authors’ names. Only one image with most “likes” per participant will be shortlisted. The participants should send their pre-selected image (jpeg file) to the selection committee within 72 hrs upon notification. The TV Hosts will then select a winning photo from the top five on the basis of its originality. The name and photo of the monthly winner will be published on the TV Hosts’ Facebook/Instagram profiles. (Winners will be contacted via their Facebook or Instagram profiles. If no reply is received within 10 working days, a second monthly winner will be selected and contacted.)

What can I win?

The monthly winners will have their photos exhibited at the premises of the European Commission (EC) during the first two weeks of December 2014 and will receive a free tour of the European institutions. All travel expenses will be covered by the EC.

A jury composed of the three TV Hosts will then select an overall winner, on the basis of the originality of his/her photo(s), who will be invited by the competition organizer (see below) to visit the production set of the RTL show ‘YOLO – Das große W‘ (2015 season) in one of the EU countries.

Miscellaneous

Entries should be original and not contain insults or copyright infringements of any kind.

The TV Hosts may post photos on Instagram as part of the call for submissions but these images will not be included in the competition.

Any personal data submitted will only be used for the purposes of the photo competition and not for any form of advertising/marketing.

The winning photos may be re-used by the EC for promotional purposes during and after the competition. The monthly winners will be asked to sign a document authorising the rights-free use of the images by the EC.

The competition is organised by Story House Productions, Berlin, Michaelkirchstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, Germany, and is promoted by the European Commission. Any questions regarding the competition should therefore be addressed to Story House and not to Facebook/Instagram.